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Creating a human pyramid – as each one of us seeks a footing, a hand up, shifting one’s balance in relation to the group – the lesson lies not in the building of the pyramid, but rather in the metaphorical implications of how individuals need to cooperate and listen to create something together. Each individual has an equally valuable role and place in the pyramid. An acrobatic exercise becomes a pedagogical opportunity for participants to work collaboratively, to learn the importance of trusting others, to experience the benefits of solidarity and the importance of communication.

Social circus – from juggling and acrobatic skills...

The first decade of the twenty-first century was dubbed a new dawn for Latin America (Yates and Bakker 2013). Raphael Correa, like Evo Morales in Bolivia, was elected in the wake of anti-neoliberal sentiment that emerged from the structural adjustment monetary policies of the 1990s. Correa, like Morales, pledged a form of “communitarian socialism.” Escobar (2010), resonating with many other commentators, wrote that this was the “end of the long neoliberal night” and, as noted by Yates and Bakker, many scholars (Hammond 2003; Munck 2003; French and Fortes 2005) – echoing alter-globalization activists from the early days of this post-neoliberal trend...